In fact, to say that North Korea colluded with Japan was an injustice to North Korea. North Korea had never looked up to Japan. If you want to ask why North Korea had not sent a request for help, there was a reason.
According to the relationship between the Great Ming Empire and North Korea in that era, it wasn't wrong to describe them as a "father-son relationship." When North Korea asked the Great Ming Empire for help, it wasn't too much for them to shout, "Dad, I'm being bullied, come and save me." However, there was an unwritten rule in the international political circle — countries that were bullied by others and still took the initiative to ask for help from their leader would be looked down upon.
Although North Korea was small, it had its own pride. In that era, North Korea was equivalent to "Kazakh". The King of North Korea was very proud of the country's full sinicization. Whether it was the Westerners or the Easterners, they all called themselves Little China, a country of etiquette. Everyone was proud to speak Chinese and write Chinese characters. Even the proverbs used by North Korea and South Korea were originally used to transcribe Chinese characters so that ordinary North Koreans could read and write Chinese characters.
Therefore, since it was a country of etiquette, it had to have some style. To put it bluntly, it needed face.
It was very shameful to be beaten up by a "barbarian" Japan that they had never looked up to. If they couldn't handle it, they still had to ask their father to save them.
It was very shameful to be beaten up by a "barbarian" Japanese that they had never looked up to. If they couldn't handle it, they still had to ask their father to save them. Thinking about it, when children were bullied and lost a fight, who would have the nerve to ask their parents for help?
Therefore, in the beginning, they were too embarrassed to ask the Great Ming for help. It wasn't until the Great Ming Empire had prepared to a certain extent in order to "prepare for the Japanese pirates" that the Koreans lost Pyongyang, that they finally couldn't hold on anymore and discovered that the country was in danger of being subjugated. Only then did the letter of credence arrive.
The diplomat that the North Koreans had left in Beijing last year ran all over Daming's government office crying everywhere.
However, it was worth noting that five days before Ye Mengxiong and Xiao Ruxun's report of victory arrived in the capital, on the second day of the sixth month, Wanli Emperor Zhu Yijun issued an order. He ordered the Liaodong Prefectural Governor to send two elite troops to reinforce North Korea. He also brought 20,000 taels of silver to be used as military expenses. In addition, he allocated 200,000 taels of silver to the Liaodong Prefectural Governor as a reserve.
At the same time, the Ming court also made supporting measures. First, in the important hub of the war against the Japanese in the north, the local garrison intercepted seventy to eighty thousand dans of grain as military funds. They also pulled over a large number of transport ships and modified them into warships. The number of modified ships was not too many, only about four hundred.
Secondly, in the military district of Xuan Da, the government had mobilized a total of 16,000 elite soldiers to deal with the Wokou police. For this reason, the imperial court had allocated a few hundred thousand taels of silver. Thirdly, the imperial court had also sent an official to oversee the relevant rations in case something happened.
The most obvious point was that the imperial court had also transferred a person from Fujian to be stationed in the Godly Arms Battalion. This person was called Chen Lin, an expert in naval warfare and Wokou warfare.
This was proof that North Korea thought that the Daming did not know anything, but the Daming already knew.
At this time, Zhu Yijun, who had made this decision, was sighing in his bedroom. His mind was in a whirl. Not only was he worried about the reward for the Ningxia Meritorious Regiment, but he was also worried about the situation in Liaodong and North Korea. Although the matter of the Japanese pirates was a little mysterious, the Imperial Bodyguard's reports and other intelligence reports made him feel that this matter was endless and could lead to a major incident.
Zhu Yijun frowned and picked up the Ningxia victory report. After looking at it for a while, he suddenly seemed to notice something. He immediately said, "Zhang Cheng, I have something for you to do."
Zhang Cheng immediately approached Zhu Yijun. Zhu Yijun whispered a few words to Zhang Cheng. He saw a surprised expression appear on Zhang Cheng's face, and then he calmed down.
"This matter can't be known by a third person, especially the court officials."
Zhu Yijun ordered with a cold expression.
"... This old servant obeys!"
Without any hesitation, Zhang Cheng decisively agreed.
In Ningxia, the daily life of waiting for the emperor's decree was not a relaxing one. At least, that was what Xiao Ruxun thought. After becoming the commander-in-chief of Ningxia, he had a lot of things to do.
He had to take over the mess left by the former commander-in-chief, Zhang Weizhong. He had to tidy up the ruined castles and military residences in Ningxia, verify the number of military residences, assist Ye Mengxiong in surveying the military fields, take advantage of Bo Bai's rebellion to eradicate a large number of local tyrants, regain control of the areas that Bo Bai's rebel army had wreaked havoc in the hands of the imperial court, rearrange the military camps, and take time out to train the soldiers.
Fortunately, Ma Gui and Xiao Ruhui were capable. Although Li Zhi, Zhao Wu, and Dong Yikui did not have great talents, their ability to pacify and control the army was not weak. They were able to settle down the fifty thousand Ming soldiers gathered around Ningxia and prevent them from disturbing the people.
Then, according to Ye Mengxiong's overall arrangement, they were settled around Ningxia City. When the emperor's reward arrived, they could return to their original camps and do what they had to do.
Ye Mengxiong was busy with logistics and the matter of rewards and records. Mei Guozhen was single-mindedly keeping an eye on the army and testing the generals. Basically, the civil affairs were handled by Xiao Ruxun. She arranged for the able-bodied people in the city to repair the city walls and buildings. She also cleaned the corpses and arranged for them to be burned. She also arranged for the old, weak, women and children to prepare gunpowder bags and other war supplies for the soldiers. She also cleaned the soldiers' clothes and so on.
More importantly, he had to speed up the resumption of spring plowing. Anyway, he had arranged something for everyone to do, and they had to do it as soon as they woke up. When the sun went down, they had to go to the resource collection point to collect their wages and rations for the day. There was no time to play around.
Ningxia City was restored to its previous vitality in an orderly manner. The people gradually settled down. This time, the people were unexpectedly not ravaged by both the Ming Army and the rebel army. Instead, they were well settled.
These measures made the people have a good impression of the new Ningxia Army Commander, Xiao Ruxun. They were willing to listen to his orders and follow his commands. If there was any conflict, they believed in Xiao Ruxun's judgment. At this time, Xiao Ruxun's words were even more effective than the real Ningxia Inspector-General, Zhu Zhengse.
However, Xiao Ruxun's luck was really good. The Ningxia Inspector-General, Zhu Zhengse, who took over from Dang Xin, was also a rare kind person. He knew that when he arrived with his troops, the battle in Ningxia had basically been pacified. The day after he arrived, the explosive tactic was a great success and thus pacified the chaos in Ningxia. In reality, he only assisted Ye Mengxiong in leading the Ming Army outside the city to kill the rebel army. He did not make any contributions, so he did not ask for any achievements.
According to his observation, Xiao Ruxun had the rare ability to manage civil affairs among the generals. He had a good understanding of the compensation and governance methods for the war refugees. The measures were quite effective. In two or three days, he settled the chaotic city in good order.
What was even more surprising was that there were actually no incidents of soldiers harming the residents. Ningxia City was basically stable, and the most basic functions of the city were guaranteed. Among the descendants of the Nine Border Generals, this was almost the only scorpion tail that had ever existed.
Therefore, this seemingly honest but actually kind old official did not make things difficult for Xiao Ruxun. He did not fight for power with him. Instead, he tried his best to cooperate with him to do some civil affairs work and gave him the green light for some of his measures. This allowed Xiao Ruxun's orders to be unimpeded in Ningxia. The entire Ningxia Town was in the process of recovering quickly.
Such busy days passed for more than half a month. When the order in Ningxia Town was basically restored to the state before the war, the Emperor's imperial edict arrived.
The person who announced the edict was not an internal official, but an imperial censor. This made Ye Mengxiong, Mei Guozhen, and the others, who were familiar with the system of the court, smell a trace of something different. They all guessed that someone was going to be conferred a noble title.
In fact, this was indeed the case. At the award ceremony, due to the emperor's special order, not only did every soldier receive a reward, every officer also received the reward they deserved. There were even some who were conferred the title of nobility!
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